A pair of Louis XV gilt-bronze mounted Chinese turquoise-glaze pot-pourri vases and covers, the porcelain Kangxi (1662-1722)

Auction Closed

July 5, 02:27 PM GMT

Estimate

50,000 - 100,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property of the Trustees of the Lord Swinton Will Trust

A pair of Louis XV gilt-bronze mounted Chinese turquoise-glaze pot-pourri vases and covers, the porcelain Kangxi (1662-1722)

of hexagonal section, the domed lids with acorn finials above pierced rims and with a scroll ornamented neck with leaf-cast handles, on a stepped plinth

35cm. high, 17cm. wide; 1ft. 1¾in., 6¾in.

Acquired by Samuel Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Baron Masham of Swinton (1815-1906), circa 1890 for Swinton Park, North Yorkshire;

thence by descent to his grand-daughter and heir Mary Constance "Molly" Boynton (d.1890-1974), who married Philip Lloyd-Greame (who took the name Cunliffe-Lister), later 1st Earl of Swinton, and by descent to the Trustees of the Lord Swinton Will Trust.